Resource The Republic (Plato) 2014-01-08

The Republic (Greek: Πολιτεία, Politeia) is a Socratic dialogue, written by Plato around 380 BC, concerning the definition of justice, the order and character of the just city-state and the just man,[1] reason by which ancient readers used the name On Justice as an alternative title (not to be confused with the spurious dialogue also titled On Justice).[2] The dramatic date of the dialogue has been much debated and though it must take place some time during the Peloponnesian War, "there would...